El Shorouk and New Heliopolis: The 2026 Buyer's Guide

The short answer

El Shorouk and New Heliopolis sit side by side on the eastern edge of Greater Cairo, and between them the catalogue holds 22 compounds with 205 homes on the market on 2 October 2026. El Shorouk is the older and more settled of the two: 12 compounds and 100 homes, mostly apartments and villas from Imkan Misr's Al Burouj projects and La Vista's El Patio line. New Heliopolis is the newer and dearer one: 10 compounds and 105 homes, seven of them SODIC's, with asking prices that run past 48 million Egyptian pounds. This guide sets out what each address asks, how the payment plans compare, and when the homes are actually handed over.

Who El Shorouk and New Heliopolis suit

El Shorouk suits the buyer who wants the smallest entry ticket on this side of the city. The cheapest asking price on the market there is Livyn at 4,614,000, a compound of apartments by Nakheel Developments, and the area's lightest deposit is 5% with plans up to 10 years. It is also the only one of the two areas that sells shops and offices as well as homes, so someone who wants a retail unit or a small office on the same address has somewhere to look.

New Heliopolis suits the buyer who wants the lightest deposit and the longest runway. The smallest deposit in either area is 1.5%, and the longest plan is 15 years, both of which belong to New Heliopolis compounds. It is a villa and townhouse address rather than an apartment one: the area trades in apartments, villas, townhouses, duplexes, penthouses and studios, and seven of its ten compounds are SODIC's, which means a buyer compares projects by the same developer rather than across the market.

On the unit mix, El Shorouk sells eight types — villa, twin house, duplex, apartment, townhouse, retail, penthouse and office — and it is the only one of the two with shops and offices on the market. New Heliopolis sells six: apartment, duplex, villa, townhouse, studio and penthouse, so it is narrower in use and wider in price.

What the residential compounds share is largely the same fit-out: central air conditioning, 24/7 security, parking, a private garden, a balcony and kitchen cabinets in most projects, with a terrace or a panoramic view in some. 3 Sides Mall is a commercial building with a different brief: a retail strip, a food court, a supermarket, a gym, underground parking, jogging tracks and water features — amenities aimed at someone opening a shop rather than at someone living there.

Compounds in El Shorouk city and New Heliopolis

El Shorouk holds 12 compounds. The deepest presence is Imkan Misr's Al Burouj, split into phases: Al Burouj itself and Al Burouj - Phase 1, which together cover villas, twin houses, townhouses, duplexes and apartments, with an office phase in the same development. La Vista Developments is the second developer by weight with four El Patio compounds, of which the readiest is El Patio 5 East. Around them sit Mayan El Shorouk by STM Developments and 3 Sides Mall, the retail strip in the area.

New Heliopolis holds 10 compounds, and here one developer dominates. SODIC accounts for seven of them, led by Sodic East and its sub-projects, and Rosewood. Talala is Madinet Masr's compound in the area, and Rock Green is one of two from Rock developments.

Asking prices and payment plans

These are asking prices, not sale prices: they are what the catalogue holds on 2 October 2026, and they are the floor the developer or owner is asking for a unit in that compound, not a fixed offer.

In El Shorouk the range is wide. Entry is Livyn at 4,614,000, then Mayan El Shorouk at 7,400,000, 3 Sides Mall at 9,240,000 for a retail unit, and Al Burouj - Phase 1 at 12,400,000. The largest asking price is El Patio 5 East at 23,500,000. Two compounds in the area carry no asking price in the catalogue at all, which usually means the phase is priced on application.

In New Heliopolis the spread is even wider. It opens at Talala from 4,589,838 and Rock Green from 5,280,828, and climbs through Rosewood up to the highest asking price in either area, 48,150,000. Sodic East is the one New Heliopolis compound without an asking price on the record.

On terms, the two areas differ in a way that matters. New Heliopolis is the lighter one: its smallest deposit is 1.5% and its longest installment plan is 15 years. El Shorouk starts at a 5% deposit and stretches to 10 years. In practice that means the buyer with 20% to put down and four years to pay is served in El Shorouk, where several compounds ask exactly that, while the buyer who wants to keep the deposit near the minimum and spread the rest furthest will find the New Heliopolis plans easier to fit.

Compound by compound, the terms on the record are: Livyn at 5% down over 8 years, Mayan El Shorouk at 10% over 10 years, 3 Sides Mall at 20% over 5 years, Al Burouj - Phase 1 at 5% over 10 years, El Patio 5 East at 20% over 4 years, Talala at 5% over 15 years, Rock Green at 8% over 10 years, and Rosewood at 1.5% over 10 years.

Delivery and ready-now homes

El Shorouk hands over in three years' worth of record dates: 2026, 2027 and 2029. Homes have already been delivered in the area this year — the 2026 handovers include El Patio 5 East, which the record dates to August 2026 — so part of what is on the market there is genuinely ready to move into rather than promised. The later end belongs to Livyn and to the later Al Burouj phases, both dated August 2029.

New Heliopolis runs over five years: 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2031. The near end is apartments and townhouses handing over at the end of 2026, in the middle sit the 2027 and 2028 handovers, and the longest wait on the market is Talala, dated May 2031 — which is the same compound offering the 15-year plan, so the schedule and the installments are matched rather than accidental. Between the two areas, a buyer who wants a key this year and a buyer who is willing to wait five years both have stock to look at.

In detail, the handover dates the record gives these compounds are August 2026 for El Patio 5 East, November 2026 for Al Burouj - Phase 1, March 2027 for Mayan El Shorouk and 3 Sides Mall, September 2027 for Rosewood, April 2029 for Rock Green, and August 2029 for Livyn and the later Al Burouj phases.

Location and access

Both areas sit on the eastern edge of the city, one district each. The compounds' own records put Cairo International Airport between roughly 19 and 28 km away, and the newer Capital International Airport between about 16 and 21 km. In practice the closest airport distance in the record belongs to Rock Green, and the farthest to the Al Burouj phases in El Shorouk.

Schools and universities are the stronger draw of the two addresses. Mayan El Shorouk is about 2 km from the British University in Egypt, Talala about 3.8 km from the Egyptian Russian University, and the Al Burouj phases are roughly 12 to 13 km from Future University in Egypt. For daily shopping, Moon Yard Mall is between 2.6 and 4.2 km from the New Heliopolis compounds, and Marbella Mall is between 1.7 and 7.4 km from the El Shorouk compounds. Al Mashfa Hospital is within about 2.2 to 9.7 km of the compounds in the record, and El Shorouk Hospital about 10 to 11.5 km from the Al Burouj phases.

FAQ

How many compounds are there in El Shorouk city?

The catalogue lists 12 compounds in El Shorouk, holding 100 homes on the market on 2 October 2026. They are sold by five developers, the largest being Imkan Misr with five compounds and La Vista Developments with four.

Where is New Heliopolis, and is it inside Cairo?

New Heliopolis is a district on the eastern edge of Greater Cairo, next to El Shorouk and about 20 km from Capital International Airport in the record of its compounds. It is one district in the catalogue, and it is not inside El Shorouk — the two are separate areas that share a border.

Are there apartments for sale in New Heliopolis?

Yes. The area's unit mix includes apartments, studios, duplexes, penthouses, townhouses and villas, so it is not villas only. If you want an apartment there, the asking prices on the record start at 4,589,838 and the lightest deposit is 1.5%.

What deposit and how many years can I finance?

Deposits run from 1.5% to 20% across the two areas, and installment plans run from 4 to 15 years. The lightest deposit and the longest plan are both in New Heliopolis; the shortest plan, four years, is asked in El Shorouk.

When do homes in the two areas get handed over?

El Shorouk delivers in 2026, 2027 and 2029, and New Heliopolis in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029 and 2031. Some El Shorouk homes are already dated to 2026, and the longest wait recorded in either area is May 2031.